Four roses yellow four roses small batch bourbon and four roses single barrel bourbon.
Single barrel bourbon vs small batch.
They have three basic bottles of bourbon.
If you are drinking bourbon for years still we can bet that many among you still using the wrong term for small batch and single barrel.
When referring to the four roses bourbon single barrel it is handpicked by the master distiller based on particular stipulations.
Here are a few key differences.
Small batch bourbon is one of those things you either know about or you don t.
My blanton s single barrel comparison further highlights barrel variation.
While there s no consensus or regulation on what can be sold as small batch whiskeys they are generally distilled in anywhere from 10 to 100 barrels.
Rather than one barrel single or thousands of barrels think jim beam or jack daniel s small batch whiskeys might be blended together from 10 50 barrels.
Single barrel refers to bourbon that comes from well a single barrel.
Contrast that again with single barrel whiskeys which are exactly what.
The small batch is also easier to find and more consistent since it s a blend not a single barrel.
But if you are a bourbon lover who is out on a night of experimenting i always advocating trying both single barrel and small batch bourbon to make your own determination as to.
The single barrel is 50 more expensive yet isn t as good.
But both of these are entirely different.
To be considered small batch a whiskey must come from a limited number of various barrels.
Small batch whiskeys exist across a range of styles from traditional bourbon to wheated bourbon to tennessee whiskeys.
Four roses bourbon a legendary bourbon that went on a long hiatus but is now back is a great bourbon indeed.
People often get the terms small batch and single barrel mixed up.
However they don t just make 3 different bourbons and put them into bottles.
The fact that they re similar also makes the small batch the winner by default.
Small batch is just as simple although maybe not as clear cut.
The small batch is a quality bourbon offered at a reasonable price trailing ever so slightly behind the single barrel in quality.
However there are several very distinct differences.